Age Group Observation

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I have two main experiences working in elementary schools that have given me a solid understanding of what to expect from this age group. My first experience is the volunteer work I’ve done with the SMART reading program. This is an hour a week commitment that involves reading with elementary students to help foster the love of reading. I work with high needs kindergarteners and first graders that all have had problems either in the classroom or in finding opportunities to read outside of the classroom. I spend thirty minutes reading one-on-one with a single student, and then thirty minutes with another. I will read to them if they ask, but I try to encourage them to sound words out and read phrases if they are able. Because the students I’ve read to have been as young as kindergarteners, I have been able to witness their evolution from not being able to read a word to reading whole books by themselves. …show more content…
These students are often an energetic bunch and in most of the groups I’ve read to the majority have been boys. Reading to them and having them read independently is only part of what we as volunteers do. We do not discipline the students in any way, but a lot of time and energy is spent keeping them from acting silly, running off, or disrupting other groups. In this way, SMART is a great introduction to what running an elementary classroom might be like. This was my first experience volunteering in a school setting with this age group, and I was shocked at how antsy and inattentive six-year-old boys can be. However, after a year of volunteering with SMART, I am less surprised by their disruptions and more prepared to handle it when it happens. My experience with SMART has given me great insight into how elementary students behave and has given me some tools and strategies that will help me work effectively with them in the

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